Vehicle-wheel rim.



.UN-imi) STATES PATE oFFioE.

CHARLES H. SNYDER AND EMMIT STALLYTER, OF ROCKFORD, OHIO.

VEHCLEWHEEL RIM specimen lof Letters Patent- -rafeiitea Aug. 29,4` 191e.

- Application med may s, isis. serial No.. 26,856.

T o all 'w /Lom zu may concern.'

-Be it lmown that we, Cimimrs H. QNX?" En and-EMMIT S'iiiiafinn, eitizens the United States, residing at Rockford,.in the county of Mercer and Stute ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'Vehicle-Wheel-Rims, of which the' follow- With the above and other objects in view1 .l the invention consists iii the novel eonstrnction, combination and arrangement of parts,

as'herein described,-illustra ted and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:--li`igme 1 is a plan vieivlooking toward lhe insideVv face. of a tire holding rim` illustrating theI forni of joint und eonneotious` heliveeu the4 vextremities ol" the rim ivhieh is of lh'l Split variety. Fig. 2 is n. 'fraguieutauv edge view of the. `rim with the extremities.thereof iu line with each other. Vig. 2 Vis a .similar vieiiushoiviug theJ positii'n'i axsnmed'hy the l extreinities'of the rilu when eoutrael'ed,lo

admit of (he removal-of a tire or the placing of a tire thereon.

vl designates a tire. carrying rim sui-.h :is is: now commonly employed :is :i demountahle. rim for the. wheels of` automobiles` and the like, with the exception that the. rim ofi this invention is' split or eut in two at :i single point as iudieated at the split being;r slightlyv oblique as shown in eaeh of' the. views in order to enable the extremities of the rim adjacent to the Split to come close together ivheu-the. rim is in its: normal Vtire. eurrying ebndition aS sholivu in Figs. l :iiid l Y 'lhe free. e \'treniitie.\` ol' (he rim are coupled together h v means` of a three. part hinge or, in other words` a hinge eoizrpris ing three leaves (remembers L 'l und the members 3 and .'i heilig provided ii'illi huile-- l lef f' and 7 through \\'hieh is inserted :i hinge piu and the member I and 5 being lili'eivise provided with liuu'li'les' 5| aud lll through whieh is inserted a hinge pio Il. The. leaf or member I. is riveli-d or otherties of the rim as shown at 12-andthe menibei' 4 is in :i like manner secured to the other' extremity of the rim :is shown at'l'l. The member 3 projects beyond the end of the rini` to which it is lsei-.lived as shown in Figs. Zand 3 while. the member4 terminates short of the extremities of the rim shown in the Sinne figures, the member 5 serving in the capacity of a connecting linlifor the meinhers v3 and 4 to permit the free extremities of the iiiu'l.v to be inoved outof line. with.. eaeh other as shown in Fig. 3 and retiiineil l 'ln order to facilitate. the ei'intiaetion :ind subsequent expansion 'of the rim l, we enr ploy :i (le-vice similar toa cant hook lever.

wise'firn'ily attached to one of the extreme into line with eaeh otheras shown iii Fig. 2.1(

designated generally at A and comprising the longer arm or lever 1 4 andthe Shorter arm l5' pivotally connected to the lever H Vvis' :it l-(l and provided at its free end with a hook I7 whieh is adapted lto he. inserted into f au ui'idereut soelcet i8 formed. in the. member it b v providing said nien'il'ier with a raised hollow boss 19.v '.lhe other member Jr is provided \\ilh .a iiolleh l0 to receive the'extreni- "ity yof the lever lvl. 'The operating devie is assoeialxd willi the rim l. in the manner illustrated iu Figv 2 and then h v moving (he lever in the proper direetioi'i. the hooked extremity of the arui l5 draws the adja'ee'nt extremitv of (he rini inwardly with respect 1.o the olher extremity ofl'he rim and at the same lime lenglliuise of the rim' intil the tivo exlreiuiliesof (he rim are brought into the. relative position illustrated in Fig. 3. ln :aa-li poailion lhe rim is sullieiently con'- traeted iirsize lo admit of :i lire being removed therefrom or plared thereon.- After the tire has been replared on the rim, the rim is expanded liv fori-ing the free extremities thereof into line with each other iie 2. A tire carrying rim for Vehicle wheels, the other'end member with :L notch for the `seid. rim being split at one point, and a purpose specified.

three-part hinge consisting of two end mem-k In testimony whereof we ufx our signa bers and a connecting member or link pivtures in presence of two witnesses. 5 -otally attached to the end members said '9 w r c end members being xedly secured tto the /Ilgflrl' PFIIPLIM 'end portions ofthe rim, adjacent to the j split, one of said end members being-formed Witnesses: 1

with an undercut hook-receiving socket in E. E. JACKSON,

10 the end thereof farthest from the split and CALVIN JACKSON. 

